Neurology Residency Faculty
Meet the program director and distinguished faculty members of the Neurology Residency Program at Cedars-Sinai.
Chair

Nancy L. Sicotte, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology, Women's Guild Distinguished Chair in Neurology, Director, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program
Program Director

Konrad H. Schlick, MD
Director, Neurology Residency Program

Camille Malatt, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency Program
Faculty

Omar Al-Louzi, MD
Director, Visual Outcomes Laboratory, Staff Physician I, Neurology

Michelle Allen-Sharpley, MD, PhD

Constantinos Anastassiou, PhD

Maranatha Ayodele, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Lisa Bateman, MD
Director, Cedars-Sinai Health System Surgical Epilepsy Program

Jessica Besbris, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Yvette Bordelon, MD, PhD

Joshua Burda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Director, Biobehavioral Core Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Jessica Choi, MD

Jeffrey M. Chung, MD, FAAN
Associate Professor, Neurology, Director, Epilepsy Program, Director, Neurophysiology Laboratory

Frank Diaz, MD, PhD

Michael Gezalian, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Mitzi Gonzales, PhD

Tanuj Gulati, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Alice Hawkins, MD

Ritchie Ho, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Elliot J. Hogg, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Deborah Holder, MD

Jethro L. Hu, MD
Program Director, Neuro-oncology Fellowship

David Hunt, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery

Duaa Jabari, MD

Marwa Kaisey, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Sarah Kim, MD

Maya Koronyo, PhD

Sarah Kremen, MD
Director, Neurobehavior Program, Associate Professor, Neurology

Shouri Lahiri, MD
Director, Neurocritical Care Research, Director, Neurosciences Critical Care Unit

Ilana Lasner, DO

Richard A. Lewis, MD
Director, Electromyography Laboratory, Professor, Neurology

Camille W. Malatt, MD
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency Program

Badii Melody, MD

Abirami Muthukumaran, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Jodi Nelson, DO

Benedict R. Pereira, MD

Adam Perez, MD

Tyler M. Pierson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Chrystal M. Reed, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Celine Riera, PhD

Jeremy D. Rudnick, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery

Ueli Rutishauser, PhD
Board of Governors Chair in Neurosciences, Director, Human Neurophysiology Research, Professor, Neurosurgery, Professor, Neurology, Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Smeer Salam, MD

Pascal Sati, PhD
Director, Neuroimaging Program, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

Nasima D. Shadbehr, DO
Program Director, Headache Medicine

Katlin Silm, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Alexis N. Simpkins, MD, PhD, MSCR, FAHA

Shlee S. Song, MD
Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Director, Telestroke Program, Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency Program, Associate Professor, Neurology

Steven N. Sykes, MD
Clinical Service Chief, Department of Neurology

Nicholas R. Szumski, MD

Michele Tagliati, MD
Caron and Steven D. Broidy Chair in Movement Disorders, Director, Movement Disorders Program, Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, Professor, Neurology

Echo E. Tan, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology

Zaldy Tan, MD
Carmen and Louis Warschaw Endowed Chair in Neurology, Director, Memory and Aging Program, Medical Director, Jona Goldrich Center for Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders

Yana J. Tavyev, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Director, PD Neurology

Golnaz Yadollahikhales, MD
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